Month: May 2007

Lloyd?s Register (LR) and International Paint (IP) have teamed up to offer shipyards in China step-by-step advice on how to prepare to meet the requirements of the new Performance Standard for Protective…

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (HHI) successfully completed a trial run with the world?s biggest electronically controlled marine engine, the Hyundai-Wartsila 14RT-flex96C-B. The 14RT-flex96C-B engine has 14 cylinders and a maximum capacity…

Bharati Shipyard in India bagged an order worth $103 million from Germany?s Man Ferrostaal AG for two large platform supply vessels.The 105 m vessels will be diesel electric and fitted with two…

Dubai Drydocks World (DD World) will take over 70% of Singapore shipyard operator Pan-United Marine (PUM) in a deal valuing PUM at $424million. The deal marks DD World's first international acquisition. Like…

The Russian shipyard of Krasnoye Sormovo in Novgorod has won a contract from Palmali to build two more 13,000 dwt vessels of 'river-sea' class. These double-hulled tankers have 12 tanks with a…

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., Tokyo, ("K" Line) has taken delivery of ?Corona Majesty?, a new 88,159 DWT-type coal carrier, from Imabari Shipbuilding, Japan.The vessel?s specifications are length o.a. 229.93m, beam 38m, depth…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has financed funding for the construction of a shipyard in the country?s coastal village of Limbe in Cameroon. According to the bank?s statement, a grant amounting CFA…

Singapore based Ezra Holdings has awarded a contract to Labroy Shipbuilding and Engineering worth $25.5 million, which excludes owner furnished equipment, to build an ultra-large pipe laying, accommodation, well service and maintenance…

Sri Lankan shipbuilder Colombo Dockyard has emerged the lowest bidder among 13 contenders, including several Indian firms, to build five anchor handling tug-cum-supply vessels (AHTSVs) for state-run Shipping Corporation of India (SCI).…

ABG Shipyard, in India, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for acquisition of Vipul Shipyard, situated adjacent to the company?s existing shipyard at Magdalla Port, District-Surat, Gujarat. With this acquisition the company…